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…Johnathon (called John) Seratt (M) - born about 1820 in Buncombe Co, NC. In 1850 Lawrence Co., TN Census
(#586-662) John Seratt (spelled Serratt in 1850 Census) was married to Sabra A. _______, born about 1829 in TN. They married before 1837 in Lawrence Co, TN. In the 1860 Census Wayne Co, TN Census, John Seratt was married to Lucille (Lucy) J. Flippo (married July 8, 1858) - Lucy was born about 1829? or 1835 in Lawrence Co, TN. In the August 1860 census, John and Lucy J. Seratt lived in Lawrence Co. TN. It is believed that Lucy J. Flippo Seratt has a brother named Patrick Flippo born about 1822 (married to Rebecca Emiline Skillern). John Seratt had the following children - most likely the first 8 are with Sabra A. _____, and the last child, Margaret E. Seratt, being with Lucy J. Flippo. The children are Cyntha P. Seratt, Nancy A. Seratt, James A. Seratt, Mary E. A. Seratt, John Anderson Seratt, Sarah A. F. Seratt, Martha A. Seratt, George H. Seratt, and Margaret E. Seratt - their details are listed below:

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Cyntha (or Cynthia?) P. Seratt
(F) - born about 1838

……..1 Nancy A. Seratt (F) - born about 1840 - married George W. Garner about 10/04/1857 in Wayne Co, TN

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James A. Seratt (M)- born about 1842

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Mary E. A. Seratt
(F) - born about 1843 - married Marcus Matheny in Wayne Co, TN on 2/05/1865. Mary died in 1867 - after her death, Marcus married her sister, Martha A. Seratt. Mary and Marcus have one child - John Marcus Matheny.

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Martha A. Seratt
(F)- born about 1850 - married Marcus Matheny in Wayne Co, TN on 1/29/1867 (Marcus had previously been married to her sister, Mary E. A. Seratt, until her death)

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George H. Seratt
(M) - born between 1850 and 1853 (possibly in TN or VA)

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Margaret E. Seratt
(F)- born about 1858 - this child is from the marriage of Johnathon and Lucy Seratt

-----The following history is with
regard to John Anderson Seratt
descendants -- The information is to the best of
my knowledge and may not be absolutely correct.

John Anderson
Seratt is in middle of photo

…….1 John Anderson Seratt (M) - born 3/09/1845 in TN - was in the Civil War (Pvt
A. Co. Welcker's Calvary BN (Battalion?)- Confederacy.
John Anderson Seratt married Sarah (Sally Ann or Sallie Jane?) E. Harris (Haries?) (Frazier?) (Stowe) in Wayne Co. TN on 1/13/1865. Sarah may have had a father or step-father named John Frazier (see www.tnfraziers.com). Sarah was born in TN (probably 1835 or 1837). John and Sarah have six children of their own plus two or three children
from Sarah’s first marriage to N. J. or J. N. Stowe (married N. J. or J. N. Stowe on 7/22/1857 in Wayne
Co., TN). Sarah (Sally?) E. (Harris-Frazier?-Stowe) Seratt died on 1/23/1923 and is buried in RoEllen Cemetery, RoEllen, TN. John Anderson
Seratt died in May of 1912 and is buried in RoEllen, TN. Their 8 or 9 children are Talbert Harris Stowe, L. E. Stowe, Q. S. Stowe (all three from Sarah's previous marriage), Frances Belle Seratt, J. (Jethro) William Seratt, George A. Seratt, Albert Clay Seratt, John Carline Seratt, and Hugh Douglas Seratt. Their details are listed below:

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Frances Belle Seratt (F) - born 2/4/1866 - died 10/16/1937 - buried RoEllen Cemetery - married James ("Jim") Monroe Duncan
in 1882 (born 5/16/1854 in TN) - died 5/10/1932. Their three children are Lula Duncan, James Albert Duncan, and Hubert Lester Duncan. Their details are listed below:

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Hubert Lester Duncan
(M) - born October 19, 1890 in Chester County, TN - married Vera Sicler Capps (born 9/16/1898) on 5/21/1916 in Dyersburg, TN. Hubert Lester Duncan died 6/16/1974 in Dyersburg, TN. They have two children - Thomas Hubert Duncan and Reba Lucille Duncan - their details are listed below:

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Albert Clay Seratt (M) (called "Clay")
born 4/16/1873 in Wayne Co TN - Clay married Sue Barcroft (born about 1875). "Susie" and Clay married about 1891. Sue Barcroft died in 1899 and buried in Haywood Co TN. Clay Seratt later married Sallie Jane Anderson (Cotton) (born 12/23/1883 in TN). They
married 3/02/1903 in Dyer Co TN. Sallie Jane Anderson had previously married Gordy Cotton on 11/12/1899 in Dyer Co TN (they had been married only a short time when Gordy Cotton was killed by a falling tree while cutting timber). They had no children. Sallie Jane Anderson (Cotton) Seratt died 12/10/1972 (age 89). Albert Clay Seratt died 7/8/1949 (age 76 - of cerebral hemorrhage/stroke). Both Sallie Jane Seratt and Albert "Clay" Seratt are buried
in Friendship, TN. (Albert Clay Seratt had a total of thirteen children between
his two wives.) Albert Clay Seratt and Sue Barcroft Seratt had three children - Sallie Marie Seratt, John Daniel Seratt, and Mary Melissa Seratt. Their details are listed below (Albert Clay Seratt and Sallie Jane Anderson Cotton Seratt's ten children are listed at the end of the history of these three children):

Sallie Jane Anderson (Cotton) Seratt and Albert Clay Seratt (1947)

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Sallie Marie Seratt (F) - born 7/25/1892 - died 12/24/1977 in Memphis, TN - married Roy Ray on 11/17/1916 in Dyersburg, TN. No children and both buried in Memphis, TN.

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Hazel Margaret Seratt (F) - born 5/19/1924 - married James Morse Hipp
on 9/4/1940. Hazel and James Hipp have 3 children. After James Hipp's death, Hazel married C. B. Jones and they have 3 children. Hazel
later married Jack Berg on 11/10/1970 in Michigan. Jack had 4 children from a previous marriage. Hazel and James Hipp have three children. Hazel and C. B. Jones had two children. Hazel and Jack Berg had no children. Jack had four children from a
previous marriage. The three children of Hazel and James Hipp are Patricia Ann Hipp, Donald Eugene Hipp, and James Leroy Hipp - their details are listed below (the children of Hazel and C. B. Jones will be listed after these three children):

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James Leroy Hipp
(M) - born 6/3/1944 - married Linda Rose
in about 1968. James and Linda live in Memphis, TN. Their three children are Denice Ann Hipp, James Morse Hipp, and Joseph Daniels Hipp - their details are listed below:

..4
Hazel Margaret Seratt and Jack Berg had no children - the four children Jack Berg had from his previous marriage are Mike Berg, Carl Berg, Jody Elliot Berg, and Kelly Berg - their details are listed below:

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Ronald Dewayne Seratt
(M) - born 2/2/1962 - married Barbara Bargenew(?) - Their two children are Adam Seratt and Randy Seratt, and also has a daughter, Sierra Seratt (born 7/14/1995) - details listed below:

…………..……….…...6 Adam Seratt(M)

……………..…….…...6 Randy Seratt
(M)

……………..…….…...6 Sierra Seratt
(F) - (born 7/14/1995)

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Maxie Faye Seratt
(F) born 11/27/1936 - married Jonas Pruett - born
3/27/1931. Jonas died in 1985 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg, TN. One son - Jackie Pruett - details listed below:

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David Buford Walker Sr.
(M) - born 2/24/1954 - died 11/10/1994 - married Marilyn Mulcahy on 9/24/1976 (divorced 1988). Marilyn was born 11/15/1953. Marilyn and David have the following three children - Jeaneen Marie Walker, Jamie Colleen Walker, and David Buford Walker Jr. - details listed below:

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Albert Douglas Seratt(M) born 11/27/1909 - died 8/30/1966 - married Julia Norman
and had no children. Albert
married Jennie Bea Karnes (born 11/18/1919) - Jennie also married Richard Harry Moore - Jennie died 5/07/2002 and her body was cremated with her ashes buried at New Liberty Baptist Church (near Wickliffe, KY) between the graves of Albert Douglas Seratt and Richard Harry Moore). Albert Douglas Seratt and Jennie Bea Karnes had three children - Shirley Faye Seratt, Douglas Lamar Seratt, and Larry Clay Seratt - details as listed below:

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Shirley Faye Seratt (F) - born 10/30/1936. Married Thomas Lee Stewart (born 12/13/1934) on 5/22/1956. They have one natural and one adopted daughter - details listed below:

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Pamela Faye Stewart (F) - born 2/26/1958

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Simone Rene Stewart (F) (adopted from Vietnam with a court-appointed date of birth of 11/1/1961). Married Lewis Pendleton, and they have three children - details listed below:

…………………...…...6 Garrett Pendleton (M)

…………………...…...6 Hollis Pendleton (F)

…………………...…...6 Payton Pendleton (F)

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Douglas Lamar Seratt (M) born 6/13/1942. Married Bernice Rita Spedden (DOB 11/28/1943) on 12/24/1966. Bernice Spedden was married previously to Joseph F. Eder (married 1959; divorced 1964) and they had one daughter, Robyn Marie Eder. Robyn was raised by her mother and her step-father, Douglas Lamar Seratt.

……………..………5 Tori LaDawn Seratt (F) - born 8/31/1967 - married Michael Kevin Dennis (DOB 9/19/1959) on 2/14/1987. They divorced in 1994. Tori then married Herman Michael Garrison on 4/21/1995. They divorced in 1997. Tori then maried Kevin Ray Tiller on 6/26/1999. Tori LaDawn Seratt and Michael Kevin Dennis had two children, Amanda Jordan Denis and Ashlee Michelle Dennis. Kevin Ray Tiller was married previously and had two children, Kimberly Tiller and Linsy Tiller. Tori LaDawn Seratt and Kevin Ray Tiller have custody of all four of the children. Details are listed below:

…………………...…...6 Amanda Jordan Dennis (F) - born 2/27/1990

…………………...…...6 Ashlee Michelle Dennis (F) - born 1/25/1992

…………………...…...6 Kimberly Tiller (F) - born 3/29/1991

…………………...…...6 Linsy Tiller (F) - born 6/8/1993

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Kyle Clay Seratt (M) - born 11/25/1975. Married Stacy Michelle Matheny (DOB 1/25/1980) on 10/6/2001. No children from this marriage.

………………..……5
David Paul Waldron
(M) (from Eddie/Marilyn Waldron marriage)- born 03/03/1976 - married Sarah _____ and they have two daughters, details listed below.

…………………...…...6 Ariel Lily Waldron (F) - born 07/28/1998

…………………...…...6 Olivia Joy Waldron (F) - born 11/05/2000

……………..………5
Anastasia Waldron
(F) - born 5/20/1985

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Jacob Rainey Waldron (M) - born 6/30/1986

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Aaron Nathanael Waldron (M) - born 4/12/1989

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Gladys Noveline Seratt (F) - born 7/3/1915 - married Ocie Bishop
in November 1932. No children from that marriage.Then married Odell Agee
on 12/14/1946 - One child - David Odell Agee - details listed below:

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David Odell Agee
(M)

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Robert A. C. Seratt (M) - born 10/20/1917 - married Frances Winchester
on 12/25/1940 in Dyer Co. TN-Frances was born 8/21/1926 in Crockett Co, TN. Robert A. C.
Seratt died 1/9/1992. Their three children are Pamela Deloris Seratt, Robert Huston Seratt, and Barbara Frances Seratt - details listed below:

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Doris Levonia Seratt - born 11/17/1922 - married Robert McNeil in 1942. Robert McNeil died at sea when his ship was torpedoed. Doris then married Basil O. Walker.(Basil O. Walker is the brother of Buford Junior Walker who married Carolyn Jane Bowers, daughter of Birdie Bell Seratt Bowers - Doris' sister). Doris and Basil Walker divorced and Doris married William (called "Bill") Stewart. Doris and Basil have one daughter - Sheila Gail Walker - details listed below:

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Charles Howard Seratt (M) -born 7/20/1927 -married Frances Elizabeth Climer
in 1939 - two
children - married a second time - Peggy Boone. Charles
Howard Seratt died on 10/03/1991; buried in Bellville Cemetery - two children with
Frances Elizabeth Climer (Elizabeth Ann Seratt and Charles Douglas Seratt). In addition, Frances Elizabeth Climer, after divorcing Charles Howard Seratt, married Garland Carter, and they had two children - names unknown. Garland Carter died in 1975.

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Elizabeth Ann Seratt (F) - born 9/1/1944 - married Shannon Hall.They divorced and she married James (Jimmy) Eldon Steele. Elizabeth Ann Seratt and Shannon Hall had two children - Timothy Keith Hall and Renee Lynn Hall. After they divorced and Elizabeth married James Eldon Steele, they adopted the two Hall children, and they became Timothy Keith Steele and Renee Lynn Steele, and they also had one child from their marriage, Kimberly Ann Steele. Details as follows:

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Timothy Keith (Hall) Steele (M)
- born 05/13/1962.

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Renee Lynn (Hall) Steele(F)
- born 10/09/1964.

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Kimberly Ann Steele(F)
- born 02/10/1969.

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Charles Douglas Seratt (M) - born 5/3/1948. Charles Douglas Seratt married Sandy Maples (Ypsilanti, MI)on 9/23/1980 (divorced 12/10/2004). They had three children from their marriage, plus two daughters that were adopted from Sandy's previous marriage as follows:

…………………...…...6 James Darren Turner (M) -
born 12/17/1968 (a twin) - died at age of 4 months in April 1968.

…………………...…...6 Hayden Wayne Hutchens (M) -
born 12/17/1971.

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Neely Seratt
(M)

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Elbert Seratt
(M) - born 9/4/1920 - married Margie Mabry in Dyer Co, TN, in 1935 or 1936 (Margie died 2/11/1999). They divorced in 1953 or 1954. Elbert then married Jean _____ in the 1960's. They divorced in the 1980's. Elbert and Margie had four children - Shirley Seratt, James Hulon Seratt, Mary Helen Seratt, and Carolyn Elaine Seratt. Elbert and Jean had four children - Aileene Seratt, Jimmy Seratt, Elbert Seratt Jr., and Debbie Seratt. Details as follows (the first being children from the Elbert and Margie Seratt marriage):

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Shirley Seratt
(F)- born 8/30/1938 - died September 1938.

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James Hulon Seratt
(M)- born 9/23/1939. Married Carolyn Middleton in California in 1955 or 1956. They divorced in 1965 or 1956. James Hulon Seratt then married Joan _____ in 1967. James and Carolyn Seratt had five children - Ricky Seratt, Randy Seratt, Danny Seratt, James Seratt, and Patty Seratt. James and Joan Seratt had one daughter - Michelle Elaine Seratt. Joan had a daughter from a previous marriage named Lori. Details are as follows:

……………..…….…...6 Ricky Seratt (M)

……………..…….…...6 Randy Seratt (M)

……………..…….…...6 Danny Seratt (M)

……………..…….…...6 James Seratt (M)

……………..…….…...6 Patty Seratt (F)

James Hulon Seratt and Joan ____ had one child:

……………..…….…...6 Michelle Elaine Seratt (F)- born 7/2/1984.

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Mary Helen Seratt
(F)- born 1/30/1940. Married Thomas Gibbons. Divorced and then married Raymond Williams. No children from the Williams marriage. Two children from the Gibbons marriage - Thomas Dewayne Gibbons and James Nathan Gibbons - detais as follows:

……………..…….…...6 Thomas Dewayne Gibbons (M)

……………..…….…...6 James Nathan Gibbons (M)

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Carolyn Elaine Seratt
(F)- born 3/30/1950. Married Danny L. Wilkinson in Chicago, IL on 1/20/1967. Divorced and then married Jesus F. Larios in Yuma, AZ on 2/22/1997. Three children from the Wilkinson marriage - Scott Lee Wilkinson, Julie Elaine Wilkinson, and Todd Eugene Wilkinson. Two step-children from the Larios marriage - Cynthia M. Larios and Xochitl Lopez. Details below:

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Darrel Seratt
(M) - born 2/13/1921. Married Bettye Lemons. They had one son together - William O'Neal Seratt - born 4/25/1961. Darrel was also married prior to Bettye Lemons and had one child, Linda Seratt. Darrel died 11/16/2002 in Amherst, Ohio.

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William O'Neal Seratt
(M) - married Karen Thomas in 1999 in Alabama.

………………….…....6 Jimmy Edward Baker (M) - born 08/04/1982. Married Melissa Sue Woodard (born 11/15/1977) - they live in Murfreesboro, TN. They have one child expected to join the family on 12/29/2008, Addison Elizabeth Baker.

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Jennifer Carol Viar (Jen)
(F) - born 3/31/1976. Married Robert Jeffery Chesser on 4/21/2008. Jen has one daughter, Anna Jaelle Viar, born 7/02/2004, and Jen has two stepchildren, Robert Tyler Chesser, born in 1996, and Matthew Allen Chesser, born in 1999.

………………..……5 Marilyn Alexander (F) - married Lee Freedman
- no known children

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Helen Marie Alexander (F) - born 7/19/1923 in Dyersburg, TN - married William (Bill) Alfred Privett - divorced - then married John
Hamm. John Hamm died about 1976. Helen died on 12/23/1998 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Helen Marie and Bill Privett have
one son (Billy Thomas Privett) - details listed below. Helen
Marie and John Hamm had no children, but John Hamm had two children from a previous
marriage.

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Addie Laura Seratt (F) - born 9/09/1907 in Dyer County, TN - married James Austin Bizzle (called "Pete") born in
Dyersburg, TN in 1908. Pete Bizzle died 3/16/1976 in Lauderdale Co TN, Addie was also married to _____ Wilkes at one time - as well as Clarence Campbell - (Clarence Campbell was the brother of Lonnie Campbell, who married Nell Crouch, sister of Lee Crouch, who married Evie Rebecca Seratt, Addie's sister). Addie died 1/17/1960 in Memphis, TN following surgery. Addie is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery near Trenton, TN. Addie and Pete Bizzle have two
children - Oran Dare Bizzle and May Helen Bizzle - details listed below:

………………..……5 Gary Eugene Bizzle (M) - born 4/20/1955 - married Sandra Sawyer- one child (Lana Kay Bizzle). They divorced and he married Stephanie Horn
and had one child (Leigh Ann Bizzle). They divorced and he married Cathy Brooks
and had one child (Gary Benjamin Bizzle). They divorced - then he and Sheila Hipps
(probably not married) had one child (Cassey
Levann Bizzle). Gary Eugene Bizzle died 10/9/2001 (gunshot wound).

………………….….....6 Selena Marie Bizzle (F) - born 7/28/1981. Married Noah Richardson on 3/5/2004. They had two children (one miscarried) - Heath Fisher Ricahrdson - born 1/15/2007.

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Judy Dare Bizzle (F) -- born 05/20/70 - married Michael Jones (9/89 until 12/93); and later married Chris Gray on 05/09/1998. Judy and Michael had one son, Brandon Dewayne Jones (born 10/7/1989). Judy and Chris had one son, Christian Dare Gray (born 3/29/2004).

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Bob Douglas Seratte (M) - born 7/22/1946 - married Gail Jones
(Gail previously married to ____ Stephens.
No children - but two children from Gail's previous marriage:

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Shawn Kelvin Stephens (M)

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Tabatha Stephens
(F)

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Barry Dean Seratte (M) - born 8/20/1957

Barry
Dean Seratte - (40th birthday)

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Evie Rebecca Seratt (F) - born 4/07/1921 in Dyer Co, TN - married Lee Edison Crouch on 8/03/1939 in Dyersburg, TN (Lee was born 1/16/1918 in Dyersburg, TN). They divorced 9/09/1949 in Dyersburg, TN. They remarried I think in 1950 and divorced again I believe on 10/2/1952. Lee Crouch died 4/20/1977 - buried in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Dyersburg, TN. Lee Edison Crouch was married 13 times (to 11 different women as he married two of the wives twice) - Rebecca Seratt Crouch then married Marlus Halon Sparks on 1/24/1953 in DeSoto Co, MS. (Marlus was born 4/17/1925 in Fowlkes, TN). She and Marlus divorced 10/04/1956 in Huntingdon, TN. Rebecca then married Marion Douglas Brown on 5/29/1957 in Houston, Texas. (Douglas was born about 5/7 or
9/1925 or 1926 in Paris, TN). They divorced on 10/31/1962 in Memphis, TN. Rebecca then remarried Marlus Halon Sparks on 6/08/1963 in DeSoto Co, MS and remained married to Marlus until her death in 1985. Evie Rebecca (Seratt) Sparks died on 4/11/1985 in Memphis, TN - Marlus Halon Sparks died July 10, 2002 in Dyersburg, TN -- both are buried at Memphis Memory Gardens Cemetery on 6444 Raleigh LaGrange Road in Memphis, TN, in the "Garden of the Cross." Rebecca had a total of five children, including four from
the marriage to Lee Edison Crouch, and one from Brown/Sparks marriages as above. They are Pattie Lee Crouch, Peggie Hildreth Crouch, Linda Fay Crouch, Frances Karen Crouch, and Rebecca Ann Brown Sparks - details listed below:

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Peggie Hildreth Crouch (F) - born 6/18/1943 in Dyersburg, TN - married William Maurice Craig on 3/10/1984 in Bolton, TN. Maurice developed a rare blood disease and died in November 1999. No children from their marriage. Peggie was married twice previously - once to Gary Roth
from Seattle, WA - No children - and married Jerry Wayne Gillentine Sr. on 12/30/1967 in Covington, TN - divorced 8/03/1978 in Memphis, TN. Peggie and Jerry Gillentine have two children - Jerry Wayne Gillentine Jr. and Alicia Dawne Gillentine :

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Jerry Wayne Gillentine, Jr. (M) (called Jae) - born 4/19/1969 in Memphis, TN - married Noelle ChristinaMcQueen on 5/03/1990 at the Naval Air Station in Millington, TN. Christina was born 7/17/1970. Christina Gillentine has the
following children (Jae is the father of Niles):

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Linda Fay Crouch (F) - born 6/08/1946 in Dyersburg, TN - married Jimmy Louis Clarkcalled "Jim") on 2/28/1987 in Memphis, TN - No children from their
marriage. Jim was born 7/21/1942 in Adamsville, TN - Jim Clark was married prior to his marriage
to Linda to Bobbie Carole Reece, born 1/19/1942 - married Jim 7/20/1962 - divorced 8/04/1983. Linda was married to Thomas
Allen Dickens prior to her marriage to Jim Clark. Linda and Tommy had no children. Jim has two children from his previous marriage:

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Wilodean Seratte (F) (called "Snookie") - born 1/02/1925 in Gibson County, TN - - married James (called Jimmy)
Henry BoyleJr. on 7/15/1961 in New York City, NY. Jimmy Boyle died on 1/27/1995 (or 1994) in Charleston, S.C. and was cremated. His parents are James Henry Boyle Sr. and Beatrice Martin (born in Massachusetts - later moved to New York). Snookie previously
married J. C. Bane - born 4/22/1920 (brother of Herbert Bane who married Ruth Crouch, sister of Lee Crouch, who married Rebecca Seratt - Snookie's sister) - Snookie died in October, 2005, in Austin, Texas. Snookie and Jimmy Boyle had two twin sons from their marriage - James Adam Boyle and Michael Scott Boyle - details listed below: